Lesson 3 period 7

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

Welcome!

J. K. Rowling lesson starter

From 10:00-12:00 we speak English, also to each other.

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas in school. In class you can drink water. Students take responsibility themselves for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Only with permission of the person(s) involved we take pictures or film each other.

Today's programme

- looking back and forward
- reading and listening exercise
- grammar; the Oxford comma
- working online/ video  Finnish students

W eek 1 13 February	Last period's test and working online and practicing our speaking skills.
Week 2 27 February	Expanding our vocabulary and speaking exercises
Week 3 6 March	Reading exercise 'memory' and working online
Week 4 13 March	Conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 5 20 March	Review writing and reading text about vegans
Week 6 27 March	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 7 3 April	Electives week
Week 8 10 April	Listening exercises
Week 9 18 April	Adverbs/adjectives and listening exercise about the number 1 new restaurant in the US
Week 10 21-25 april	Test week, no exams

Writing letters summary

- formal letter start: Dear Sir/Madam, Dear Mrs Smith, Dear Miss Smith, etc.

  formal letter end: Yours faithfully, OR Yours sincerely,

- informal letter start: Dear Peter, Hello Samira, etc.

  informal letter end: Kind regards, All the best, etc.

- Always use capital I (at the start, middle, end --> always!)

- Make sure you use your tenses consequently

- Make use of paragraphs (at least three)
- Do not abbreviate words

https://resumegenius.com/cover-letter-examples

Memory tricks

memory tricks

Exercise 1:
You will have 1 minute to memorize this row as good as you can

* Washington
* Adams
* Jefferson
* Madison
* Monroe
* Adams
* Jackson
* Van Buren
* Harrison
* Tyler

Now write them all down...

How easy or difficult was the task?

What method did you use to memorise this list?

Do you feel like you have a good memory?

Which things are easy for you to remember? And which things are hard for you to remember?

Listening exercise

Go to exercise 2 on your worksheet

Where is the Oxford comma most prevalently used?

1. United States
2. Russia
3. United Kingdom
4. Canada

Which of the following are arguments against using the comma?

1. You shouldn’t ever use commas
2. It is superfluous (the conjunction already denotes a list)
3. You should use a conjunction after every item in a list
4. None of the above

In which of the following fields is the extra space taken up by an Oxford comma a problem?

1. Law
2. Fiction writing
3. Grammar textbooks
4. Journalism

Where would you put the comma(s)?

Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.

Working online

You are now going to work online on Unit 5 writing